Table of Contents

 

Customer Support

7

Notices

8

1 Introduction

11

1.1

Fundamentals of GNSS+INS

11

1.2

System Components

12

1.3

Related Documents and Information

12

1.4

Conventions

12

2 SPAN-CPT Installation

13

2.1

Required Equipment

13

 

2.1.1 Manuals

13

 

2.1.2 SPAN-CPT Hardware

13

2.2

Hardware Set Up

14

 

2.2.1 Mount the Antenna

15

 

2.2.2 Mount the SPAN-CPT

15

 

2.2.3 Connect the GNSS Antenna

16

 

2.2.4 Connect Power

16

 

2.2.5 Connect a Computer to the SPAN-CPT

17

 

2.2.6 Connect the I/O Strobe Signals

17

 

2.2.7 CAN Bus

18

 

2.2.8 Odometer Connection

18

3 SPAN-CPT Operation

20

3.1

Definition of Reference Frames Within SPAN

20

 

3.1.1 Local Level Frame

20

 

3.1.2 SPAN Body Frame

21

 

3.1.3 Enclosure Frame

22

 

3.1.4 Vehicle Frame

22

3.2

Communicating with the SPAN-CPT System

23

 

3.2.1 Use NovAtel Connect to Communicate

23

 

3.2.2 INS Window in NovAtel Connect

24

3.3

Software Configuration

25

 

3.3.1 GNSS Configuration

25

 

3.3.2 SPAN IMU Configuration

25

3.4

Real Time Operation

26

 

3.4.1 System Start-Up and Alignment Techniques

27

 

3.4.2 Navigation Mode

29

 

3.4.3 Vehicle to SPAN-CPT Frame Angular Offsets Calibration Routine

29

 

3.4.4 SPAN-CPT Wheel Sensor

30

3.5

Azimuth Sources on a SPAN System

30

 

3.5.1 Course Over Ground

30

 

3.5.2 Inertial Azimuth

31

 

3.5.3 ALIGN Azimuth

31

3.6

Data Collection

32

3.7

Data Collection for Post-Processing

33

3.8

Variable Lever Arm

34

3.9

Enabling L-Band

34

 

3.9.1 NovAtel CORRECT™ with TerraStar™

34

 

3.9.2 Veripos Marine Subscriptions

35

 

3.9.3 OmniSTAR

35

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